2012 TOYOTA PRIUS radio

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1. AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM OPERATION
1. QUICK REFERENCE
Operations such as selecting a preset station and adjusting the sound balance are
carried out on the screen. Press the “AUDIO” button to display the audio screen.
No.NameFunctionPage
Function menu tabTouch the screen tabs to select the desired radio
or media mode.196
Function menu dis-
play screenTouch the screen buttons to control the selected
radio or media mode.196
“TUNE SCROLL”
knob
Turn to step up and step down the station band,
change to the next or previous satellite radio
channel, or skip to the next or previous track,
DVD chapter, etc. Also, the knob can be used to
enter selections on the track/file and album/folder
screens by pressing it.200, 209,
217, 219,
223, 237,
242, 249

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2. SOME BASICS
This section describes some of the ba-
sic features of the audio/video system.
Some information may not pertain to
your system.
Your audio/video system works when
the “POWER” switch is turned to AC-
CESSORY or ON mode.
CAUTION
●For vehicles sold in U.S.A. and Canada:
Part 15 of the FCC Rules
FCC Warning: Changes or modifications
in construction not expressly approved
by the party responsible for compliance
could void the user’s authority to operate
the equipment. Radio frequency
exposure. This device is approved for
Mobile Application only and, to comply
with applicable FCC radio frequency
exposure regulations, must be used with
a distance of at least 7.9 in. (20 cm)
between the antenna and the body of
any person at all time during use.
CAUTION
●Laser products
• Do not take this unit apart or attempt to
make any changes yourself. This is an
intricate unit that uses a laser pickup to
retrieve information from the surface of
compact discs. The laser is carefully
shielded so that its rays remain inside
the cabinet. Therefore, never try to
disassemble the player or alter any of
its parts since you may be exposed to
laser rays and dangerous voltages.
• This product utilizes a laser. Use of controls or adjustments or
performance of procedures other than
those specified herein may result in
hazardous radiation exposure.
NOTICE
● To prevent the 12-volt battery from being
discharged, do not leave the audio/video
system on longer than necessary when
the hybrid system is not operating.

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Using the audio control buttons
1Press the “AM”, “FM” , “SAT” ,
“USB
·AUX” or “DISC” button.
 Using the AUDIO button
1Every time the “AUDIO” button is
pressed, the audio control mode
changes.
 The audio control mode changes in the
following order:
•“AM”, “FM”, “SAT” , “Apps” , “DISC” ,
“USB” , “iPod” , “BT Audio” and
“AUX”
 Using the audio function menu tabs
1Press the “AUDIO” button.
2Touch the desired tab.
SWITCHING BETWEEN
FUNCTIONS
Up to 4 tabs can be displayed on the
screen. Touch
or , located
either side of the screen tabs, to display
tabs from the previous or next page.
 The desired audio mode can be found
by touching or and then
selecting that audio mode tab.
INFORMATION
● If a disc is not inserted, the DVD player
cannot be turned on.
● The DVD player can be turned off by
ejecting a disc.
● When radio or media mode is selected,
the respective screen buttons are dis-
played on the screen.
● Dimmed screen buttons cannot be oper-
ated.
● If the system does not respond to a
touch of a screen button, move your fin-
ger away from the screen and then
touch it again.
● Wipe off fingerprints using a glass clean-
ing cloth. Do not use chemical cleaners
to clean the screen.

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3. RADIO OPERATION
1Press the “AM”, “FM” or “SAT” but-
tons and press the “AUDIO” button to
display the audio control screen.
 About the other operation methods, see
“SWITCHING BETWEEN FUNCTIONS”
on page 196.
1Turn the knob clockwise to step up the
station band or counterclockwise to
step down.
1Tune in the desired station.
2Touch one of the left side screen but-
tons ( 1-6) and hold it until a beep is
heard. This sets the frequency to the
screen button. The station’s frequency
will be displayed in the screen button.
 To change the preset station to a different
one, follow the same procedure.
LISTENING TO THE RADIO
SELECTING A RADIO STATION
STEP UP AND DOWN THE
STATION BAND
INFORMATION
●The radio automatically changes to ste-
reo reception when a stereo broadcast
is received.
PRESETTING A STATION
Radio mode has a mix preset function,
which can store up to 36 stations (6
stations per page x 6 pages) from any
of the AM, FM or SAT bands.

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Preset tuning: Touch one of the mix pre-
set channels on the left side of the screen
to select the desired station. The screen
button is highlighted and the station fre-
quency appears on the screen.
Seek tuning: Press the “” or “” button
of “SEEK/TRACK” . The radio will begin
seeking up or down for a station of the
nearest frequency and will stop when a
station is found. Ea ch time the button is
pressed, the stations will be searched au-
tomatically one after another.
To scan all the frequencies : Touch
“SCAN” . “SCAN” will appear on the
screen. The radio will find the next station
and stay there for 10 seconds if “All” or
“HD Only” is selected, or 5 seconds if
“Analog” is selected, and then scan
again. To stay tuned to a station and stop
the scanning, touch “SCAN” again. (To
set HD Radio™ system, see page 267.)
1Touch “Options”.
SELECTING A STATION
Tune in the desired station using one
of the following methods.
RADIO BROADCAST DATA
SYSTEM
This audio system is equipped with Ra-
dio Broadcast Data Systems (RBDS).
RBDS mode allows text messages to
be received from radio stations that uti-
lize RBDS transmitters.
When RBDS is on, the radio can
— only select stations of a particular
program type,
— display messages from radio sta-
tions,
— search for a stronger signal station.
RBDS features are available only
when listening to an FM station that
broadcasts RBDS information and the
“FM info” indicator is on.
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2Touch “TYPE ” or “ TYPE” to
move forward and backward through
the program list.
 Once a program type has been set,
“TYPE SEEK” will appear on the screen.
 The program list is in the following order:
• Classical
• Country
• EasyLis (Easy Listening)
• Inform (Information)
•Jazz
•News
• Oldies
•Other
• Pop Music
•Religion
•Rock
• R&B (Rhythm and Blues)
•Sports
•Talk
• Traffic (Not available when “HD Radio
Settings” are set to analog.)
• Alert (Emergency Alert)
3Touch “TYPE SEEK” and the system
will start to seek for stations in the rele-
vant program type. “Traffic”
: Touch to seek a traffic program
station. “TRAF SEEK” will appear on the
screen.
INFORMATION
● If no relevant program can be found, “no
type” will appear on the screen.
TRAFFIC ANNOUNCEMENT
A station that regularly broadcasts traf-
fic information is automatically located.
INFORMATION
●If no traffic program station is found, “No
Traffic” will appear on the screen.
● If a traffic program station is found, the
name of the traffic program station will
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4. HD Radio™ TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION
1Press the “AM” or “FM” buttons and
press the “AUDIO” button to display
the audio control screen.
 About the other operation methods, see
“SWITCHING BETWEEN FUNCTIONS”
on page 196. 
As a user works through the analog radio
stations, (where applicable) the radio
receiver will automatically tune from an
analog signal to a digital signal within 5
seconds.
 An orange “HD)” logo indicator will be dis-
played on the screen when in digital. The
“HD)” logo will first appear in a gray color
indicating the station is indeed (an analog
and) a digital station. Once the digital sig-
nal is acquired, the logo will change to a
bright orange color.
 The song title, artist name and music
genre will appear on the screen when
available by the radio station.
2This screen will be displayed if
“Options” is touched.
HD Radio™ Technology is the digital
evolution of analog AM/FM radio. Your
radio product has a special receiver
which allows it to receive digital
broadcasts (where available) in
addition to the analog broadcasts it
already receives. Digital broadcasts
have better sound quality than analog
broadcasts as digital broadcasts
provide free, crystal clear audio with no
static or distortion. For more
information, and a guide to available
radio stations and programming, refer
to www.hdradio.com
.
USING HD Radio™
TECHNOLOGY

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When “Text” is touched, information such
as the artist name, song title, album title
and music genre of the track being lis-
tened to are displayed on the text screen.
To display messages from the station,
touch “Additional Information” .
 When “TYPE ” or “ TYPE” is
touched, a program type will be searched.
Once a program type has been set,
“TYPE SEEK ” will appear on the screen.
(See “SELECTING A DESIRED TYPE” on
page 201.)
1Touch “Multicast” .
Each time “Multicast” is touched, the
supplemental program changes.
 If “Multicast” is touched when tuned to
the last of the supplemental programs, the
main program will be returned to.
1Touch “Tag” to bookmark the music
information.
2Open the console box.
3Open the cover and connect iPod us-
ing an iPod cable.
AVAILABLE HD Radio™
TECHNOLOGY
MULTICAST
On the FM radio frequency most digital
stations have “multiple” or supplemen-
tal programs on one FM station.
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